Camp fukntttjre



,1. H. WITTMANN.

CAMP FURNITURE.

APPLICATION HLED oc 1.22.1917.

1,306,042, I Patentd June 10, 1919.

INVEN TOR.

A T'TORNE Y ion.

CAMP FURNITURE.

Application filed October 22, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnri-I H. NITT- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Camp Furniture; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to camp furniture and more particularly to a table or the like, the Principal object of the present invention being to adapt a camp bed structure of the type illustrated in my co-pending applications, Serial Nos. 86,974 and 148,27 3, for use as a; table in order that a camper or automobile tourist may have the benefit of both a bed and table, although required to carry but a single article, thereby saving space and weight in transportation of his camp outfit.

While the present structure is substantially identical with that described in my previous applications, except for the improvement in the brace members hereinafter described, I have, in order to give a better understanding of the invention, illustrated the entire structure in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure I is a perspective view of a combination structure embodying my improvements and illustrating its use as a camp table, a part of the structure being broken away to show the supporting frame.

Fig. II is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. III is an end view of the same.

Fig. IV is a detail perspective view of a part of the under frame, particularly illustrating the attachment of the brace legs and the anchoring hook.

Fig. V is a detail view of the lower end of the tension bar, particularly illustrating the attachment of the clamp yoke.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

1 designates the table top or apron, which is preferably composed of a single piece of heavy canvas or the like, provided at its opposite ends with pockets; 23 for receiving cross bars 4.5. Attached to the cross bar 5 is a ground leg 6 which. when the table is set up, extends at an incline beneath the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Serial No. 197,826.

table to contact with a floor or the ground to support the table, and attached to the cross bar 4: is a tension bar 7 which is adapted for engagement with the upper edge of the ground leg 6 at an obtuse angle so that when the table is so assembled and set up, any weight on the flexible apron 2, which would otherwise'tend to efiect scissor like closing of the ground leg and tension bar, merely serves to stretch the apron, because of the thrust on the end cross bars induced by the tendency of the tension bar to move upwardly along the leg and thereby increase the distance between the ends of the leg and bar. To hold the parts together and restrain the tension bar against sliding movement on the ground leg, Iprovide the bar with a clamp yoke 9, preferably comprising a U- shaped piece of strap metal of sufficient di mensions to slide freely over the ground leg, and connected at its free ends by a rod 10, which is revolubly mounted in a sleeve 11 that is fixed to the tension bar by a strap 12, formed into a collar 13 and nailed, or otherwise permanently secured, to the tension bar, the base of the yoke being adapted to seat against one of a plurality of seatslt formed on a rack 14 that is fixed to the under side of the leg 6.

While the parts just described may form a complete and substantial structure, when equipped with suitable means for anchoring one end of the frame to prevent its tipping either transversely 0r longitudinally, I prefer to connect the outer end of the tension bar with th lower end of the ground leg by a rope or cable 15, having a buckle -16 whereby the tension of the rope or cable may be adjusted and secured. By so connecting the tension bar with the ground leg, the table may be tensioned and assembledbefore it is erected, and when erected will retain its rigidity.

In order to brace and strengthen the frame, I preferably provide the tension bar with brace arms 17 that may be connected with the bars through hinges 18 and attached to the ends of the cross bar 4 in any suitable manner, similar brace arms 19 being connected with the ground leg by hinges 20 and attached to the ends of the cross bar 5.

The parts heretofore described are similar to those described and illustrated in my provide improved anchoring means, pref erably comprising legs 22, here shown to consist of metal rods, having eye members 23 at their upper ends adapted for projection over the threaded shanks 24, on the brace arms 19 and held rigidly in place wing nuts 25 that take onto the threaded shanks 24 and Clamp-the eye members :23 to the brace arms. It is apparent that with this mounting the threaded shanks 24 may serve not only to mount the brace rods, but also as; attaching members for the hinges 26, whereby the brace arms are attached to the end cross bar 5.- w 7 To anchor the legs 22 against spreading, and thereby increase the rigidity of the table support,- I mount anchor hooks 27 on the ground leg 6, preferably by connecting loops 28 at the inner ends of the hook shanks with eye bolts 29 that are permanently attached. to the ground legs,- the outer ends of the shanks having the hooks 3O thereon adapted to take into apertures 3 1 on the legs 22 when the parts are in position. v

With the parts so constructed the flexible apron may be rolled on the end crossbar 4c-5, and the tension bar and leg member's assembled in compact space,- the brace arms folding against the bar and leg to avoid projection therefrom,- the hook rods 27 lying closely against the ground leg and the an: chor legs 22 disconnected from the arm 19 and rolled in a bundle with the tension bar and ground leg; I

When the table is to be set up the tension bar and ground legs are connected with the respective end bars 4- 5, and the tension bar seated against the edge of a ground leg to stretch the apron, the clamp yoke 9 being adjusted in the proper seat of the rack 14 and the rope or cable 15 adjusted to hold the inner end of the table down and retain the rigid assembly of the parts. 4 p

The brace legs 22 are then attached to the arms 19, the anchor hooks positioned in the link apertures 31 and the table set up on the single ground leg 6, pins 32 being projected through the feet 33 at the lower ends of the ground legs and driven into the Copies of this arent ma be obtained for groundto brace the corners ofone end of thetable.

When the table is so assembled and erected, it be used for any suitable purpose, such as a dining table, during the day and a bed at night, thereby serving a double purpose and obviating the necessity posite end of the apron and seating on the ground leg to form a supporting frame, and brace legs connected With one end of said frame and having fixed anchorage at their outer ends. V

2; In combination with a flexible apron, a ground leg connected with" one end of the apron, a tension bar connected with the 0pp'osite end of the apron and seating on the ground leg to form a supporting frame,- brace legs connected with one end of said frame and adapted for ground contact, and anchor hooks connected with the frame and with the brace legs.

8; In combination with a frame comprising a ground leg and tensionbar, a flexible apron carried by said frame, brace legs connected with opposite corners of one end of the frame andadapted for ground contact, and anchor hooks mounted on the frame and connected with the brace legs. v

4h In combination with a flexible apron, having cross bars at its opposite ends, a ground leg connected with one of the cross bars, brace arm's connected with said cross bar and with the ground leg, brace legs removably attached to said brace arms and adapted for ground contact, each of said brace legs having an aperture therein and anchor hooks connected with the ground legs and adapted for taking into the apertures in the brace legs. v V V In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH H. WIT'TMANN.

fii'rents each, by addressing the Commissioner 6f Patents, Washington, n. c 

